
{"id":7171,"date":"2009-09-24T10:52:34","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T18:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2009-09-24T10:53:38","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T18:53:38","slug":"preparing-for-flu-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/09\/24\/preparing-for-flu-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for flu season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With this spring\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s outbreak of H1N1 flu and dire warnings about its resurgence with the return of students, many local businesses are gearing up for the infectious disease season like never before.<\/p>\n<p>While the worry may be focused on the new strain that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s making headlines, the methods being employed \u00e2\u20ac\u201d more frequent hand washing, hand-sanitizer stations and more strictly enforced \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stay at home if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re sick\u00e2\u20ac\u009d policies \u00e2\u20ac\u201d work for any kind of flu, as well as the common cold.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As one restaurateur wryly noted, investing in Purell (the popular hand sanitizer) could make you rich. <\/p>\n<p>Small wonder that the interest in infectious disease is so intense this year. The southeast has been particularly hard hit by H1N1, and UNC has reported hundreds of cases since resumption of school at the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>For Mary Anne and Andrew Jones, owners of Auto Logic, flu season means setting up a temporary flu-shot clinic in their shop. The two have been buying flu shots for their employees and spouses for about 20 years. But after noting the hassles of scheduling and people having to take time off work to schedule a shot at their family doctor, they decided about six years ago to get together with Kerr Drugs to bring the shots to work instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always thought it was important,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mary Anne Jones said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have a healthier workforce as a result. And we always try to invite the neighbors as well.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nJones reports that the Auto Logic clinic, staffed by a nurse from Kerr Drug, operated for about an hour last Wednesday and dispensed about 30 shots, including a few for employees from Akai Hana and Music Loft who came down at the Jones\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 invitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We even had two customers who decided to get their shots when they came in to pick up their cars,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jones said.   \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Staff Reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this spring\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s outbreak of H1N1 flu and dire warnings about its resurgence with the return of students, many local businesses are gearing up for the infectious disease season like never before. While the worry may be focused on the new strain that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s making headlines, the methods being employed \u00e2\u20ac\u201d more frequent hand washing, hand-sanitizer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7173,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions\/7173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}